A teen stole a car from a home in Upper Macungie Township early Thursday, crashed it and stole another to get away from police, according to court records.

A detective with the Lehigh County Auto Theft Task Force found 18-year-old Patrick K. Taylor Jr. in his Allentown home, his face injured. He had crashed a stolen car into a utility pole on Ziegels Church Road in Upper Macungie, court records say. A second stolen car was found parked behind his home, authorities said.

According to a criminal complaint:

Upper Macungie police took a report of the first stolen car at 5:10 a.m. Thursday.

A couple from the 10000 block of Cormorant Drive told officers someone took their keys and their Hyundai Elantra while they slept. As police were taking the report, they received several calls of a crash about a half-mile away in the 10400 block of Ziegels Church Road.

There, police found the stolen car wrecked under a broken utility pole, but no one was in the car. An officer saw a man with an apparent head injury walking away. The man ran when he saw the officer.

A woman arrived looking for her boyfriend, whom she identified as Taylor. She said she went there because he told her that he was in a crash. Police ran a check on Taylor and determined he was the same person who ran from the scene.

Police used a K-9 unit to track Taylor, leading them to the 9900 block of Newtown Road. There, a woman flagged down officers to tell them someone just stole her Chevy Malibu from her home.

The task force detective went to Taylor's home in the 100 block of Linden Street at 9:53 a.m. and spotted the stolen car nearby. Taylor, who had injuries from the crash and the air bag deploying in his face, was arrested in his home. Police found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his bedroom.

Taylor was charged with two counts each of theft, receiving stolen property and unauthorized use of an automobile. He was also charged with one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia and having an accident involving damage to unattended vehicle or property.

He was arraigned by District Judge Robert Halal and sent to Lehigh County Jail under $100,000 bail.